Why is SAS Viya single instance only?

[illmatic]

Hi all,

On SAS Viya 3.5 we are only able to load one instance at a time. So, this means we can only run one program at a time, one browser tab open at a time, reference only one module at a time, etc.

I receive the following error:

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Isn't this extremely backward for 2022? With SAS EG I can load multiple instances and run many programs at once and/or reference one program and work in another. Yet in a newer version of SAS, we can't do that?

If there is a workaround for this, please let me know. Thanks!

[gwootton · Accepted solution]

That isn't an error but it's saying you do not need to log in because you have already. You would get this message if you went to the URL https://viyahost/SASLogon. Instead of going to the URL https://viyahost/SASLogon, go to the URL for an application (i.e. https://viyahost/SASEnvironmentManager, or /SASStudioV).

If you want to log in as different users, you can use the private mode of your browser.

[illmatic]

That's it! Thank you!

[ChrisHemedinger]

I also have good luck by installing the SAS Viya "site" as a progressive web app. See this topic for background.

This puts a "SAS" icon on my desktop that I can open multiple times.

[ronan]

Thanks @ChrisHemedinger for pointing this out ! Some Viya end-user Web Apps can be installed as such and it looks great . Even - especially - die-hard conservatives will love it, it's SAS Base refactored 🙂

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/webeditorcdc/v_013/webeditorug/n0ihf8v6wtta4fn15ahykddbux2i.htm

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/vacdc/v_017/vareports/p1ossi2rc8r83fn1g800fbpern2j.htm#p0frdl0o...

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/dprepcdc/v_004/datastudioadv/n1medcfkg7fjlpn15wb2m1ij31h4.htm

I can't wait to test these must-have features. So far, I have only tested MS Teams or MS Azure portal as PWA and it works like a charm, the integration into the windows Desktop is seamless. A blog article on this topic would be nice for making everyone aware how useful it is. 😉